It's a network New Yorkers couldn't do without. The subway shuttles people across the sprawling city day-in day-out. And it has spawned a whole series of myths. After Hurricane Sandy hit, some say rats in the subway morphed into giant rodents, several times larger than normal. However as Marina Portnaya explains, a recent investigation into the state of the subway suggests the reality is almost as terrifying as the myths.

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